What I see in the community of generative artists – that I am part of – is a great direction of what I wish the general art world would be like. In my experience, artists in this field tend to be very open-minded, helpful and gladly share their experiments and tricks…
Everything came from curiosity. I was always curious about how the taste of fresh food would compare with that of the food I get at the supermarket. And since I had rented a house with a garden, I thought: ‘Why not?’, ‘Why not just start it?’…
I intend to rescue ancestral rituals related to sacred places, ancestral geography and original memory, and take them into my own exploration where the work is presented as a syncretic bricolage, as an attempt to reconcile different doctrines, a process of trans-culturalization and miscegenation, the union of the sacred and the secular…
I believe that education and a return to a nature-centric narrative will naturally cause the tide to shift for more altruism, thoughtful living, and preservation. I see cities and small community villages that function like biological organisms because it makes sense to build them that way…
How do you connect with the Earth today?
I connect to the Earth in so many ways, living on her and depending on her… the biggest connection comes in moments of ceremony and prayer. I have always lived in natural places far from cities, so daily I connect to the earth by walking in the forest …
In 1000 years, I imagine that individual countries are no longer governed or dominated but there is one “administration” for the whole globe. It is not politicians who govern, but artificial intelligence. Human vanity and power obsession are thus eliminated…
How do you imagine the world in 20 years?
I imagine it with more extremes. People more aware and people farther from consciousness. More technology but also more self-sufficiency. More agroecology and more virtual worlds. More activism, more social struggles. More radicalisms. I’m afraid to think about it and at the same time it excites me…
What is the plant, animal or object that most inspires you and how?
From the age of 8 until my mid-teens I used to breed moths and butterflies in a shed at the bottom of the garden. Together my father and I built the silk-screened cages that housed them and their food plants. I’d sit in a stripey deckchair and draw the insects as they rested…
How do you imagine the world in 1000 years?
In 1000 years, humanity keeps on evolving beyond what is possibly imaginable right now. Though perhaps not the majority, the more conscious, altruistic and compassionate part of humanity is leading the way for progress. We are beginning to communicate on a deeper, intuitive level, more telepathic…
Ever since I’ve been here, tending to this wreck of a place,
my anger’s become a mountain. I scale it every day.
Good for the muscles, they say. Poison for the mind. (you)
Need to lie down for a while, rest those bones. Amazing you’re still alive…
PEPA: I stopped farming a long time ago. Hurt my back.
And the fish – I leave them alone now.
SARA: You’ve given up?
PEPA: I don’t give up on nature.
Perhaps nature has given up on me. Like with you…
What is the plant, animal or object that most inspires you and how?
The plant, animal or object that inspires me the most is the pupa! When contemplating this metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly I am often left feeling bewildered, in the best way possible…
How do you imagine the world in 20 years?
I don’t expect it to change that fast. In twenty years, we’ll probably be spectators of more and more natural disasters. I sadly hope that it will be at least harder for anyone to deny that earth is reacting because of us…
How do you imagine the world in 20 years?
Ecologically, I sadly imagine that the ongoing natural phenomena will cause serious problems. In 20 years, I’m afraid that earthquakes and floods will destroy many more areas with their inhabitants and that forest fires…